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Question about AWT

Hi All!
I often been told that in order to design and deliver truly cross-platform
applications I needed to stick with designing all of my UI with standard
AWT componants. But it seems now, with the release of Java 2 all of my componants
have been depricated! How viable is AWT for serious development? Do I really
NEED to use Swing if I want to create "killer apps"?

Re: Question about AWT

I thought Swing componant extends AWT.

"Anthony Saffer" <apsaffer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi All!
> I often been told that in order to design and deliver truly cross-platform
>applications I needed to stick with designing all of my UI with standard
>AWT componants. But it seems now, with the release of Java 2 all of my componants
>have been depricated! How viable is AWT for serious development? Do I really
>NEED to use Swing if I want to create "killer apps"?
>
>Anthony

Re: Question about AWT

It's perfectly possible to write cross-platform applications using either
AWT or Swing, and Swing is more powerful. But if you are writing
**applets**, I would advise you to stick with AWT unless you are willing to
deal with the complications involved in enabling Swing in your clients'
browsers.

Anthony Saffer <apsaffer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:39c7ff61$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi All!
> I often been told that in order to design and deliver truly
cross-platform
> applications I needed to stick with designing all of my UI with standard
> AWT componants. But it seems now, with the release of Java 2 all of my
componants
> have been depricated! How viable is AWT for serious development? Do I
really
> NEED to use Swing if I want to create "killer apps"?
>
> Anthony

Re: Question about AWT

AWT components are called heavy wt components because they have been written
in c but swing components are pure java components with many additional features
not previously available in AWT

"Anthony Saffer" <apsaffer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi All!
> I often been told that in order to design and deliver truly cross-platform
>applications I needed to stick with designing all of my UI with standard
>AWT componants. But it seems now, with the release of Java 2 all of my componants
>have been depricated! How viable is AWT for serious development? Do I really
>NEED to use Swing if I want to create "killer apps"?
>
>Anthony

Re: Question about AWT

Hi Anthony,
I have the same problem. from my research I found that the current browser
does not support Swing unless all of your custumers will download a big plug-in.
if you develop an application there is no problem using swing.

unfortuntaley I need my software as application and as applet so it doesnt
work for me. but there are companies that develop nice GUI components that
using pure AWT. I am using them.
but of course it costs mony.

if you need names contact me.

"Anthony Saffer" <apsaffer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi All!
> I often been told that in order to design and deliver truly cross-platform
>applications I needed to stick with designing all of my UI with standard
>AWT componants. But it seems now, with the release of Java 2 all of my componants
>have been depricated! How viable is AWT for serious development? Do I really
>NEED to use Swing if I want to create "killer apps"?
>
>Anthony